English

towerwort

tower + wort

A compound of tower + wort

Latin turris ‘a tower’

Old English tūr

Middle English tour

English tower

Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘a root’

Proto-Germanic *wrōts ‘a root’

Proto-West Germanic *wurti ‘a root’

Old English wyrt ‘a plant’

Middle English wort ‘any herb or plant’

English wort

Today it means

noun A plant of the genus Turritis.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / towerwort